What is Harassment?

Say No: Whenever possible, tell the offending party that his or her behavior is unwelcome and that you want it to stop.

Seek Help: Contact discrimination and harassment prevention services (call 306-966-4936 or email dhps@usask.ca) for a confidential consultation, or seek assistance from another University official.

Keep a Record: Write down the details of incidents and how they were handled.

What is Harassment?

In Saskatchewan, under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, people have a right to healthy and safe work environments, free from harassment. The act includes two categories of harassment: Harassment Based on Prohibited Grounds and Personal Harassment.

Harassment based on prohibited grounds is defined as:

...any inappropriate conduct, comment, display, action or gesture that is repeated by a person OR any single, serious occurrence that has a lasting, harmful effect on the worker that:

is made on the basis of religion, creed, marital status, family status, sex (including: gender expression, gender identity and two spirit identity), sexual orientation, disability, physical size or weight, age, colour, ancestry, nationality, place of origin, race or perceived race and receipt of public assistance; and

constitutes a threat to the health or safety of the worker.

Personal harassment is defined as:

...any inappropriate conduct, comment, display, action or gesture that is repeated by a person OR any single, serious occurrence that has a lasting, harmful effect on the worker that:

adversely affects a worker's psychological or physical well being; and

the perpetrator knows or ought to reasonably know would cause the worker to be humiliated or intimidated.